The MOST useful exploit in the game - alliance hopping

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Just watch yourself because if you make a seperate peace with one member of the enemy alliance you are now considered in an offensive war with the rest.

 

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Originally posted by Lars
The worst, most evil and clearly most used exploit is the save. It makes so you cannot loose a war!!!

If you want yuo colonies will all have 100% sucsess rate and you wont loose a single battle.

Now stop with all these Exploit threads.

The worst exploit is in fact hacking the save game.

However, live and let live, different strokes for different folks, and all that. If talking about an exploit bothers you just ignore these threads. I find it interesting even if I do not intend to use the particular one being discussed, to see the inventiveness of the player.
I would note that it also helps to see how players find exploits, Seeing this can help betas plug potential problems with HOI and CK.

 

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Originally posted by Teemu
If my alliance is in defensive war and I leave it (assuming that I wasn't DOWed) does my war against the other alliance turn to offensive?

Yup, Even if you were declared war on!

 

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Originally posted by Sheridan
Got a better exploit for yas - haven't checked its effect on BB points, but it does make it MUCH easier to take provinces from large countries in peace treaties.

It's also the only sure way for a France player to take all those English provinces *without* a navy.

Here's what you do... find a minor that is allied with the country you really want to fight. Best if they have around 2-3 provinces. (In the case of the Hundred Years' War, Navarre works well, as it often allies with England; if they end up allied with Aragon instead, France can exploit this to secure its southwestern CB provinces.) DoW them, but carry out the war as normal. When you're ready to make peace, capture ALL of their provinces, then negotiate with them as alliance leader.

You'll be able to use that 100% war score to force them to give up their ally's territories! As France, I've been able to force Navarre to give me all 5 English-held French territories, plus Orleans, this way, driving England off the continent without having to invade England itself.

This is a well known exploit! It will only work to gain you national provinces. BB depends if it was an Off. or Def. war same as usual. The provinces will cost you double in war score to take this way as well.